Constructing a Real-Time Prescription Drug Monitoring System / 대한의료정보학회지
Healthcare Informatics Research
;
: 178-185, 2016.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-177097
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The objective of this investigation was to demonstrate the possibility of the construction of a real-time prescription drug monitoring system (PDMOS) using data from the nationwide Drug Utilization Review (DUR) system in Korea.METHODS:
The DUR system collects information on drug prescriptions issued by healthcare practitioners and on drugs dispensed by pharmacies. PDMOS was constructed using this data. The screen of PDMOS is designed to exhibit the number of drug prescriptions, the number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies, and the dispensed prescription drug costs on a daily and weekly basis. Data was sourced from the DUR system between June 1, 2016 and July 18, 2016. The TOGA solution developed by the EYEQMC Co. Ltd. of Seoul, Korea was used to produce the screen shots.RESULTS:
Prescription numbers by medical facilities were more numerous than the number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies, as expected. The number of prescriptions per day was between 2 to 3 million. The prescriptions issued by primary care clinics were most numerous, at 75% of the total number of prescriptions. Daily prescription drug costs were found to be approximately US $50 million. The prescription drug costs were highest on Mondays and were reduced towards the end of the week. Prescriptions and dispensed prescriptions numbered approximately 1,200 and 1,000 million, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
The construction of a real-time PDMOS has been successful to provide daily and weekly information. There was a lag time of only one day at the national level in terms of information extraction, and scarcely any time was required to load the data. Therefore, this study highlights the potential of constructing a PDMOS to monitor the estimate the number of prescriptions and the resulting expenditures from prescriptions.
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Assunto principal:
Farmácias
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Prescrições de Medicamentos
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Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Armazenamento e Recuperação da Informação
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Monitoramento de Medicamentos
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Custos de Medicamentos
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Gastos em Saúde
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Revisão de Uso de Medicamentos
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Atenção à Saúde
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Uso de Medicamentos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Healthcare Informatics Research
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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